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An Evening With Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day

Recorded	Apr 15, 1954 & Aug 11, 1955
Label	Columbia
Catalog	MG N-1057
Released	1954
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 252972

The record

Kessel, Farlow, and a rotating rhythm section give this Columbia date its West Coast sheen, with O'Day gliding just behind the pulse throughout. Swing stays intact while the sentiment gets left at the door.

Session personnel

Leroy Anderson — bass
Monty Budwig — bass
Jackie Mills — drums
John Poole — drums
Larry Bunker — drums
Barney Kessel — guitar
Tal Farlow — guitar
Arnold Ross — piano
Bud Lavin — piano
Jimmy Rowles — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.

1955	Norgran Records · MG N - 1057 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1955	Norgran Records · MG N-1057 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1957	Columbia
1957	Verve Records · MGV 2050 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Hollywood Pressing
1957	Verve Records · MGV 2050 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1957	Verve Records · MGV-2050 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1971	Verve Records · MV 1142 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1974	Verve Records · MV 2526 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1989	Verve Records · J25J 25139 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1990	Verve Records · POCJ-1927 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2007	Norgran Records · UCCV-9279 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve
2016	Verve Records · UCCV-9635 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, SHM-CD
2023	Supper Club · 019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue
—	Verve Records · V-2050 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono